Health and Safety At Work

Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list for each year since 1997 the incidence rate of (a) fatal and (b) major injury accidents at work. [40427]

Dr. Whitehead:
The incidence rate of fatal and of major injuries, reported to HSE and local authorities, 199798 to 200001 1 is shown in the table:

199798

199899

19992000

200001

(a) Fatal injury rate

Employees

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.9

Self-employed people

1.8

1.9

1.7

2.4

Workers

1.0

0.9

0.8

1.0

(b) Major injury rate

Employees

127.6

121.7

116.6

107.3

Self-employed people

23.3

20.3

19.7

19.0

Workers

113.8

108.8

104.9

96.9

(14) The figures relate to the planning year 1 April to 31 March and those for 200001 are provisional.

Notes:

1. The incidence rates per 100,000 employees, self-employed and workers have been provided. "Workers" are employees and self-employed combined.

3. Non-fatal injuries are under reported. The Labour Force Survey suggest that, in 19992000, employers report about 44 per cent. of injuries that they should report and self-employed people report less than 5 per cent.

Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list for each year since 1997 the incidence rate of cases of work-related ill health. [40425]

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Dr. Whitehead:
No single source of information is available on the nature and full extent of work-related ill health in Great Britain. The most inclusive and broadly based estimates come from self-reporting surveys of the national population where individuals are asked to report any work related ill health they have suffered in the last 12 months. The latest available estimate of the incidence of new cases of work-related ill health from such a survey is for 1995; some 400,000 cases per year, or an incidence rate of 1,400 per 100,000 workers. An updated estimate, for 200102, will be published later this year.

More recent figures for particular types of work-related ill health are available from alternative are published in Health and Safety Statistics 200001, a copy of which is in the Library (and on the internet at http:// www.house.gov.uk/statistics/2001/hsspt2.pdf).

Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many working days were lost per 100,000 workers from (a) work-related injury and (b) ill health in each year since 1997. [40426]

Dr. Whitehead:
The overall number of working days lost, as a result of work-related injury, is obtained every three years through a national survey. The latest figure, covering the financial year 200001, is estimated to be 27,900 working days lost per 100,000 workers, while in 199798 the figure was 25,800.

For work-related ill health, the latest available figure is based on a survey of self-reported work-related illness in 1995. The survey estimated that 71,000 working days were lost per 100,000 workers in Great Britain. A more up-to-date estimate, covering 200102, will be available later this year.

National Air Traffic Services

Mr. Clifton-Brown:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what arrangements were put in place at the time of the NATS PPP to ensure that the income generated by the online services was kept separate from the other services. [40607]

Mr. Jamieson:
The ring-fencing of NATS' en route services is effected through the air traffic services licence granted under the Transport Act 2000. The Government placed copies of this licence in the Libraries of the House in April 2001.

Capita Group

Mr. Boris Johnson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the contracts that have been awarded to the Capita Group by the Department. [39344]

Dr. Whitehead:
The following contracts have been awarded by DTLR to the Capita Group, since 1997:

Description of contract

Date

Assessment Centre Recruitment for Traffic Examiners

September 2001

Vehicle Inspectorate

Training courses

200002

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Provision and Maintenance of IT Infrastructure

September 1997-August 2004

Driving Standards Agency

Supply of Finance Director on an agency basis

March 1998-November 2000

Fire Service College

Direct Marketing Services

August 1998-July 1999

Fire Service College

Recruitment Service for DTLR

November 2001

DTLR(C)

National Road Traffic Census for 200204

January 2002

DTLR(C)

Recruitment Service for DETR(C)

October 1998 (contract now completed)

DTLR(C)

General Recruitment Services

February 1997 (contract now completed)

DTLR(C)

Project Management/Consultancy General

July 2001

Highways Agency

Engineering Support to Safety Standards and Research Structures and Technical Approvals

February 200204

Highways Agency

Traffic Monitoring East 2000

August 2001

Highways Agency

HRS Consultancy Services framework

February 2001

Highways Agency

A66 Stainburn to Great Clifton Bypass

February 2002

Highways Agency

Notes:

Four contracts were awarded to Cumbrian Contract Services (now part of the Capita Group) by Highways Agency between November 1999 and September 2000.

20 contracts were awarded to Cumbrian Industrials Ltd. (now part of the Capita Group) by Highways Agency between December 1997 and August 2001.

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The Department's evaluation mechanism for successful delivery of contract is based on value for money, taking into consideration cost, quality and delivery for each individual tender.

The Department does not as a general rule have clauses in contracts relating to penalty clauses unless there are clear grounds for inclusion, as in the delivery of a construction project where damages could be assessed. No record is kept centrally of instances where these clauses have been invoked.Individual contract values are not quoted to protect commercial confidentiality.

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Paul Holmes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the contracts awarded by his Department to Capita since 1997, stating (a) start and finish date of contract, (b) value of contract, (c) description of work to be carried out, (d) evaluation mechanism for successful delivery of contract, (e) penalty charges for failure to deliver and (f) if any penalty charges have been incurred; and if he will make a statement. [39981]

Dr. Whitehead [holding answer 4 March 2002]: The following contracts have been awarded by DTLR to the Capita Group, since 1997:

Description of contract

Date

Department/agency

Assessment centre recruitment for traffic examiners

September 2001

Vehicle Inspectorate

Training courses

200002

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Provision and maintenance of IT infrastructure

September 1997 to August 2004

Driving Standards Agency

Supply of Finance Director on an agency basis

March 1998 to November 2000

Fire Service College

Direct marketing services

August 1998 to July 1999

Fire Service College

Recruitment service for DTLR

November 2001

DTLR (C)

National road traffic census for 200204

January 2002

DTLR (C)

Recruitment service for DETR (C)

(15)October 1998

DTLR (C)

General recruitment services

(15)February 1997

DTLR (C)

Project management/consultancy general

July 2001

Highways Agency

Engineering support to safety standards and research structures and technical approvals

February 200204

Highways Agency

Traffic monitoring east 2000

August 2001

Highways Agency

HRS consultancy services framework

February 2001

Highways Agency

A66 Stainburn to Gt. Clifton bypass

February 2002

Highways Agency

(15) Contract now completed

Notes:

1. 4 contracts were awarded to Cumbrian Contract Services (now part of the Capita Group) by Highways Agency between November 1999 and September 2000.

2. 20 contracts were awarded to Cumbrian Industrials Ltd. (now part of the Capita Group) by Highways Agency between December 1997 and August 2001.

The Department's evaluation mechanism for successful delivery of a contract is based on value for money, taking into consideration cost, quality and delivery for each individual tender.The Department does not as a general rule have clauses in contracts relating to penalty clauses unless there are clear grounds for inclusion, as in the delivery of a contraction project where damages could be assessed. No record is kept centrally of instances where these clauses have been invoked.

Individual contract values are not quoted to protect commercial confidentiality.